Prof. Dr. Kürşad Aydın is a pediatric neurologist whose clinical interests include epilepsy, high-risk infants, cerebral palsy, neuroradiology, neurometabolic diseases, and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, ADHD, and speech disorders. He completed his Pediatrics Residency Training at Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine and his Pediatric Neurology Fellowship Training at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine.
He built his academic and clinical career at Selçuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine Hospital, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, and Medipol University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, before joining Biruni University Faculty of Medicine Hospital. He has authored 91 articles in international peer-reviewed (SCI) journals and 21 articles in national peer-reviewed journals, and has presented his research at 24 international and 140 national scientific meetings. He is a member of the Turkish Child Neurology Association, Turkish National Pediatric Association, Turkish Pediatric Association, Turkish Medical Association, the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), and the European Pediatric Neurology Society (EPNS). He speaks English.
Education
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Pediatrics Residency Training
Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine
1993–1997
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Pediatric Neurology Fellowship Training
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
2001–2003
Academic & Administrative Roles
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Pediatric Neurology Specialist
Selçuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine Hospital
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Pediatric Neurology Specialist
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine Hospital
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Pediatric Neurology Specialist
Medipol University Faculty of Medicine Hospital
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Pediatric Neurology Specialist
Biruni University Faculty of Medicine Hospital
Present
- Turkish Child Neurology Association
- Turkish National Pediatric Association
- Turkish Pediatric Association
- Turkish Medical Association
- International Child Neurology Association (ICNA)
- European Pediatric Neurology Society (EPNS)
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Aydın K, Havali C, Kartal A, Serdaroğlu A, Haspolat Ş. MRI in CLN2 disease patients: Subtle features that support an early diagnosis.
Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2020 Sep;28:228-236. · 2020 -
Aydın K, Kılıç B, Topçu Y, Telhan L, Dolu MH, Kartal A. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Pediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Could Be Diagnostic and Life-Saving.
Pediatr Neurol. 2022 Aug;133:40-47. · 2022 -
Aydin K; Turkish Cerebral Palsy Study Group. A multicenter cross-sectional study to evaluate the clinical characteristics and nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy.
Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2018;26:27-34. · 2018 -
Aydin K, Serdaroglu A, Okuyaz C, Bideci A, Gucuyener K. Serum insulin, leptin, and neuropeptide y levels in epileptic children treated with valproate.
J Child Neurol. 2005 Oct;20(10):848-51. · 2005 -
Serdaroğlu A, Ozkan S, Aydin K, Gücüyener K, Tezcan S, Aycan S. Prevalence of epilepsy in Turkish children between the ages of 0 and 16 years.
J Child Neurol. 2004 Apr;19(4):271-4. · 2004 -
Aydin K, Bideci A, Kendirci M, Cinaz P, Kurtoglu S. Insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 levels of children living in an iodine- and selenium-deficient endemic goiter area.
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2002 Winter;90(1-3):25-30. · 2002 -
Aydin K, Kendirci M, Kurtoğlu S, Karaküçük EI, Kiriş A. Iodine and selenium deficiency in school-children in an endemic goiter area in Turkey.
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Jul-Aug;15(7):1027-31. · 2002 -
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Aydin K, Yildiz H. Teachers' perceptions in central Turkey concerning epilepsy and asthma and the short-term effect of a brief education on the perception of epilepsy.
Epilepsy Behav. 2007 Mar;10(2):286-90. · 2007 -
Aydin K, Okuyaz C, Serdaroğlu A, Gücüyener K. Utility of electroencephalography in the evaluation of common neurologic conditions in children.
J Child Neurol. 2003 Jun;18(6):394-6. · 2003 -
Kanmaz S, Tekgul H, Kayilioglu H, Atas Y, Kart PO, Yildiz N, Gumus H, Aydin K; Turkish Epistep Consortium. Therapeutic implications of etiology-specific diagnosis of early-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (EO-DEEs): A nationwide Turkish cohort study.
Seizure. 2024 Dec;123:17-25. · 2024 -
Tekin Orgun L, Arhan E, Aydın K, Rzayeva T, Hırfanoğlu T, Serdaroğlu A. What has changed in the utility of pediatric EEG over the last decade?
Turk J Med Sci. 2018 Aug 16;48(4):786-793. · 2018 -
Arhan E, Uçar HK, Aydın K, Hirfanoğlu T, Serdaroglu A. How do children with drug-resistant epilepsy sleep? A clinical and video-PSG study.
Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Jan;114(Pt A):107320. · 2021 -
Aydos U, Arhan E, Akdemir ÜÖ, Akbaş Y, Aydin K, Atay LÖ, Serdaroğlu A. Utility of brain fluorodeoxyglucose PET in children with possible autoimmune encephalitis.
Nucl Med Commun. 2020 Aug;41(8):800-809. · 2020 -
Hirfanoglu T, Serdaroglu A, Kurt G, Erdem A, Capraz I, Bilir E, Vural O, Ucar M, Oner AY, Onal B, Akdemir O, Atay O, Arhan E, Aydin K. Outcomes of resective surgery in children and adolescents with focal lesional epilepsy: The experience of a tertiary epilepsy center.
Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Oct;63:67-72. · 2016 -
Tokgoz H, Aydin K, Oran B, Kiyici A. Plasma leptin, neuropeptide Y, ghrelin, and adiponectin levels and carotid artery intima media thickness in epileptic children treated with valproate.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2012 Jul;28(7):1049-53. · 2012 -
Hirfanoglu T, Aydin K, Serdaroglu A, Havali C. Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Children With Intracranial Hypertension.
Pediatr Neurol. 2015 Aug;53(2):151-6. · 2015 -
Kılıç B, Serdaroğlu E, Polat BG, İnce T, Esenülkü G, Topçu Y, Serdaroğlu A, Haspolat Ş, Tekgül H, Okuyaz Ç, Cansu A, Aydın K. Trends in the choice of antiseizure medications in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: A retrospective multi-center study from Turkey between 2010 and 2020.
Seizure. 2022 Jul;99:48-53. · 2022 -
Aydın K, Dalgıç B, Kansu A, Özen H, Selimoğlu MA, Tekgül H, Ünay B, Yüce A. The significance of MUAC z-scores in diagnosing pediatric malnutrition: A scoping review with special emphasis on neurologically disabled children.
Front Pediatr. 2023 Mar 6;11:1081139. · 2023 -
Kılıç B, Topçu Y, Ayaz A, Özpınar E, Seyhan S, Demir AGÖ, Palaz M, Turanlı G, Aydın K. An Overview of Drug-Resistant Epilepsies Based on Advances in Genetics: A Cohort Study.
Neurol India. 2026 Jan 1;74(1):29-33. · 2026 -
Topçu Y, Kılıç B, Tekin HG, Aydın K, Turanlı G. Effects of sulthiame on seizure frequency and EEG in children with electrical status epilepticus during slow sleep.
Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Mar;116:107793. · 2021 -
Serdaroglu A, Arhan E, Kurt G, Erdem A, Hirfanoglu T, Aydin K, Bilir E. Long term effect of vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric intractable epilepsy: an extended follow-up.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Apr;32(4):641-6. · 2016 -
Gencpinar P, Arican P, Olgac Dündar N, Kilic B, Sarigecili E, Okuyaz C, Aydin K, Tekgul H. First-Drug Efficacy and Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Rates in Children With New-Onset Epilepsies: A Multicenter Large Cohort Study.
J Child Neurol. 2025 Jan;40(1):5-9. · 2025 -
Kamaşak T, Havalı C, İnce H, Eyüboğlu İ, Çebi AH, Sahin S, Cansu A, Aydin K. Are diagnostic magnetic resonance patterns life-saving in children with biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease?
Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2018 Nov;22(6):1139-1149. · 2018 -
Aydın K, Kartal A, Keleş Alp E. High rates of malnutrition and epilepsy: two common comorbidities in children with cerebral palsy.
Turk J Med Sci. 2019 Feb 11;49(1):33-37. · 2019 -
Kılıç B, Topçu Y, Dursun Ş, Erol İ, Dolu MH, Taşdemir HA, Aydın K. Single gene, two diseases, and multiple clinical presentations: Biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease.
Brain Dev. 2020 Sep;42(8):572-580. · 2020 -
Kamaşak T, Serdaroğlu E, Yılmaz Ö, Kılıç BA, Polat BG, Erdoğan I, Yücel Şen AD, Özen N, Durgut BD, Yıldız N, Özkan Kart P, Dilber B, Arslan EA, Şahin S, Topçu Y, Gencpinar P, Serin HM, Hız SA, Çarman KB, Dündar NO, Okuyaz Ç, Aydın K, Serdaroğlu A, Tekgül H, Cansu A. The effectiveness and tolerability of clobazam in the pediatric population: Adjunctive therapy and monotherapy in a large-cohort multicenter study.
Epilepsy Res. 2022 Aug;184:106963. · 2022 -
Aksu Uzunhan T, Ertürk B, Aydın K, Ayaz A, Altunoğlu U, Yarar MH, Gezdirici A, İçağasıoğlu DF, Gökpınar İli E, Uyanık B, Eser M, Kutbay YB, Topçu Y, Kılıç B, Bektaş G, Ardıç Akçay A, Ekici B, Chousein A, Avcı Ş, Yüksel A, Kayserili H. Clinical and genetic spectrum from a prototype of ciliopathy: Joubert syndrome.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2023 Jan;224:107560. · 2023 -
Chan YH, Liu Z, Bastard P, et al., Aydın K, Kartal A, et al. Human TMEFF1 is a restriction factor for herpes simplex virus in the brain.
Nature. 2024 Aug;632(8024):390-400. · 2024 -
Basarir G, Gençpınar P, Bozkaya Yılmaz S, et al., Aydın K, Topçu Y, et al. Neonatal-onset genetic epilepsies: Insights from a large multicentre cohort.
Seizure. 2026 Jul;139:101-109. · 2026 -
Cebeci D, Arhan E, Demir E, Hirfanoglu T, Gucuyener K, Serdaroglu E, Aydin K, Serdaroglu A. Lower risk of seizure recurrence with levetiracetam and oxcarbazepine after withdrawal in pediatric epilepsy: a pilot study.
Neurol Sci. 2025 Dec;46(12):6755-6762. · 2025 -
Güngör G, Güngör O, Çakmaklı S, Maraş Genç H, İnce H, Yeşil G, Dilber C, Aydın K. Vanishing white matter disease with different faces.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Feb;36(2):353-361. · 2020 -
Yıldız Miniksar D, Kılıç B, Kılıç M, Miniksar ÖH, Topçu Y, Aydın K. Evaluation of suicide probability in children and adolescents with epilepsy.
Pediatr Int. 2022 Jan;64(1):e15130. · 2022 -
Carman KB, Aydın K, Kilic Aydin B, Cansu A, et al. Evaluation of micronutrient levels in children with cerebral palsy.
Pediatr Int. 2022 Jan;64(1):e15005. · 2022 -
Sarigecili E, Ucar HK, Havali C, Cansu A, Aydin K. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy associated with RANBP2 mutation: value of MRI findings for diagnosis and intervention.
Acta Neurol Belg. 2023 Apr;123(2):571-582. · 2023 -
Tekin Orgun L, Atalay HT, Arhan E, Aydın K, Serdaroglu A. Optic nerve ultrasonography in monitoring treatment efficacy in pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Jul;36(7):1425-1433. · 2020 -
Dilber B, Serdaroğlu E, Kanmaz S, Kılıç B, İpek R, Menderes DK, Yıldız N, Topçu Y, Arhan EP, Serdaroğlu A, Okuyaz Ç, Aydın K, Tekgül H, Cansu A. A Multicenter Study of Self-Limited Epilepsy With Centrotemporal Spikes: Effectiveness of Antiseizure Medication With Respect to Spike-Wave Index.
Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Mar;152:79-86. · 2024 -
Yıldız N, Serdaroğlu E, Kart PÖ, Besen S, Kanmaz S, Toprak DE, Kilic B, Ersoy O, Gencpinar P, Dundar NO, Okuyaz C, Serdaroglu A, Carman KB, Yarar C, Ekici B, Tatlı B, Erol İ, Aydın K, Tekgül H, Cansu A. Evaluation of seizure semiology, genetics, magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalogram findings in children with Rett syndrome: A multicenter retrospective study.
Epilepsy Res. 2024 Sep;205:107399. · 2024 -
Taşkın A, Topçu Y, Kılıç B, Özpınar E, Palaz M, Aydın K. Evaluation of EEG findings in pediatric patients presenting with dizziness.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2026 Jul 24;208:112934. · 2026 -
Arhan E, Öztürk Z, Serdaroğlu A, Aydın K, Hirfanoğlu T, Akbaş Y. Neonatal hypoglycemia: A wide range of electroclinical manifestations and seizure outcomes.
Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2017 Sep;21(5):738-744. · 2017